CrazedProfessional
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No extensions on RT IE :'(
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No extensions on RT IE :'(
FormallyMegadrive
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generally theres a page you can go to to view them, though it's not ideal it's a solution
FallbackPants
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NEXT GEN THIEF! HOLY MOTHER OF GOD I AM SO EXCITED
codswallop
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Thanks for nothing, holy. So much for citing sources.
AdventureRacing
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I'm hoping with the next deal the NRL is going to really focus on starting something like the NFL and NBA online systems. If we had that i would fuck off foxtel in a heart beat as i literally only watch league on there.
FallbackPants
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I'm thinking I might get that Foxtel on Xbox. I briefly had it last year because a) Super Rugby, and b) I wanted to check it out. Now they've added real Fox channels it's kind of perfect. $50 is still a bit much when I'm trying to save money to go overseas but I reeeeally want to watch NRL. Also I have a potential business idea that would need me to have access to a bunch of sport on TV.
Plus no set up costs and no contract. Hello cancelling as soon as the season is over
CrazedProfessional
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It also means no adblock >:/
Youtube is unbearable!
Youtube is unbearable!
AdventureRacing
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I agree that right now if you're a league fan it sucks not having foxtel. If you don't have foxtel you get 1 live game a week and 2 delayed games (which are near unwatchable now, fuck delayed games full of ads). If you have fox you get those plus you get another 4 live games and 1 delayed game (which plays like a live game).
You're getting less than half of the rugby league played each week and the content you get is worse as well. Situation kinda sucks as i'd rather not have to get foxtel.
CrazedProfessional
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I don't but thanks to RT IE I couldn't now even if I tried. I wonder if there are any alternatives that get rid of youtube ads...
FallbackPants
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Just saw this whole thing. Chill dude, I'm like 90% sure Mozilla have said they're making Firefox for RT. And new IE is at least bareable. I mean it hasn't stopped me from searching for Firefox and Mozilla in the store like daily, but it's not as inherently painful as using IE was like even a year ago
reptilescorpio
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Ah cool, keep me in the loop!
Take it back, buy another laptop.
Yeah that IT stuff always appealed to me, I might try and do some light reading into the different areas and see what takes my fancy. Thanks!
Yeah I'm glad they dropped the future thi4f concept.
FallbackPants
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Oh man. Lame.
I was going to say maybe Microsoft will stop being dicks about it, but god knows Apple won't so I can't see why Microsoft will be any different.
To tell the truth I don't give too much of a shit about it. But IE just isn't as great as it could be
I was going to say maybe Microsoft will stop being dicks about it, but god knows Apple won't so I can't see why Microsoft will be any different.
To tell the truth I don't give too much of a shit about it. But IE just isn't as great as it could be
CrazedProfessional
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No bookmarks bar, no plugins, no extensions, everything is gesture bullshit. I'd be less angry about it if it was a good walled garden like iOS but this is a shit walled garden and no I can't return it because the thing gobbled up its own activation key as soon as I turned it on. They avoid the court order by claiming that allowing a choice of browsers was exclusive to Intel based devices and not their tablet range or RT. Some bullshit that is.
Slept in and missed my photography practicals... Great start to the uni year.
Up all night playing Halo?
Did you try? I'd try.
CrazedProfessional
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That's the reason they gave, yes. Crooks didn't even tell me the difference between pro and RT. I just thought it had a bunch of tablet touch features and was the same.
If the product doesn't do what you're told it does, you're entitled to a refund. There are no excuses.
CrazedProfessional
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I'm at the store right now, no dice. Harvey Norman simply will not budge. I suppose they need the money more than I do knowing their low annual sales.
Threaten to go to Fair Trading. It doesn't do what you were lead to believe it will, ie run Chrome. Activation numbers are a weak excuse.
http://www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au/guarantees-warranties-refunds.htm
QLD FT said:
Actually follow through on it if they don't budge: http://www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au/make-a-complaint.htm
No one deserves to be stuck with Windows RT.
Absolutely what Fred says.
Usually a threat to go to Fair Trading is enough to do it. If not, do follow through with it, it's a very simple process to do. Don't accept some salesmans excuse, speak to a manager about it, the salesman likely doesn't want to lose his commission (there might even be a spiv attached to it, making the sale even sweeter for him).
CrazedProfessional
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"It is not the responsibility of our store to guarantee 3rd party software is available for your device, take your complaint up with Microsoft or the supplier of the software. Returns, Refunds or Exchanges are only viable if the fault is with the device or the manufacturer, not with 3rd party software"
Then I got escorted out of the store. When I get home I'll see what I can do.
Then I got escorted out of the store. When I get home I'll see what I can do.
The fault is with the ambiguous nature of the substantial difference between the two operating systems, and the sales person neglecting to make this clear. Trapping you into the device before you can discover this problem is just unbelievable, I can't see how anyone could get away with doing that in this day and age. I hope you're motivated enough to follow this up.
bodyboarder
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I had it for a month at the start of the year due to a free promo they had running. If you can handle non-hd it's ok. It also uses it a bit of bandwidth if that's an issue for you.
Did you make a scene?
CrazedProfessional
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HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
"We'll tell you whatever you want to hear to make the sale, but when you discover some or all of it isn't true we'll tell you that it's not our responsibility".
Why do people still shop here?
Go for the jugular man. Who the fuck are they to trick you out of your money and then escort you from the store when you call them on their fraudulent actions.
codswallop
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Also make sure you tweet your experience (if you have Twitter), along with the name of the store and include the @HarveyNormanAU account -- companies hate that sort of publicity.
If they made you believe the Pro and RT were virtually the same except for the screen, they deserve everything they get if they won't let you return it.
CrazedProfessional
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Pretty sure Harvey Norman is the dinosaur sinking in the tar pit of retail.
EDIT: ^^^ No, they just never explained what RT was during the demonstration. Just the general "It runs Windows", kind like those ads that claim Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 were the same OS. Some sort of sales miscommunication?
EDIT: ^^^ No, they just never explained what RT was during the demonstration. Just the general "It runs Windows", kind like those ads that claim Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 were the same OS. Some sort of sales miscommunication?
bodyboarder
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Well in that case I would have, you get escorted out of a store for trying to return something. Fuck that for a joke.
One of the problems with them being franchised, they just don't care. Ill happily shop at big w etc as you can easily return anything with no fuss. If not, online all the way.
FallbackPants
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I use my Surface RT for internet surfing and typing on Word. It works awesome. But I'm not trying to replace a laptop with it. Just use it for tablet stuff.
I wouldn't pay the extra money for HD Foxtel anyway. Maybe when I'm a billionaire. Or it's standard practice. So never
CrazedProfessional
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Harvey Norman where the only retailer that stocked the TypeCover, JB said they weren't receiving stock anymore because the TouchCover was far more popular.
bodyboarder
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Well in that case it's not too bad, escpecially the no contracts thing. I'd resubscribe if I could just pay for the sports, but that will never happen.
What advantages do you think it has over iPads and Android tablets?
a USB port?
Android tablets tend to have USB ports don't they?
This has worked in my favour so many times. I know that had I not done this on a number of occasions, I would have been completely fucked over by some companies. The last time I bitched on twitter, I scored some free photography adventure gear totalling a bit over $400.
Same here. That you have to pay extra per month for the box and the HD channels is absolute bullshit. I'd love to see League in HD, but at this rate I don't think that's ever going to happen.
Unrelated, Tammany Hall is in stock (one left) here at Unhalfbricking Games if any board gamers are interested. $60 plus postage.
Depends. Most you can use a coverter in yhr microusb slot.
FallbackPants
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Office. That was enough to convince me. The ability to use wired 360 controllers for games is cool too, but I've barely used that.
The touch cover is pretty rad too, but so are the extra keyboards you can get for other tabs.
CrazedProfessional
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Micro, usually. This thing is weird, on one hand it can't run .exe, on the other hand it can't run steam or and other distractions as well. It is Windows and I do love how it came with the new Office.
Some could consider it a laptop replacement and others wouldn't but I'd be using it for uni work anyway so it's like a blessing and a curse? Surface is in this weird no mans land between tablet and laptop that no other android or ios tablets can get to quite yet.
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